Criticism of Itauma Is Fascinating

Agreed - Hrgovic is a solid gatekeeper - he's not getting knocked out easily, and he's technically decent, but stamina issues and medium power keep him from beating top guys.

If Itauma beats him, especially if it's convincing, he's real... But it doesn't guarantee he's iron or that his stamina isn't still potentially an issue sometimes - it just proves he'd get past the vast majority.

 

Up to a point...

Then again, is the impressive start itself somewhat manufactured by sticking with safe opponents who are either totally shot or were never any good?
Up to a point, you'd have to say yes, regardless of how good he's looked doing it.

He's clearly not a media man... The bigger risk is if he gets derailed and how/whether he comes back if that happens.

Hrgovic has his limitations, but it's a huge step up - let's see.

 

And he’s 20

the hate is wild

 

He's legit to me when he passes the chin check and heart check and/or conclusively beats the top fighters of the division. Simple as.

This is the forum that has had people unironically saying Gamboa was a lock as the future p4p 1 all time, Loma would beat SRR at WW and that Canelo would beat all past 160 and 168lbers. And there have been plenty of less hyperbolic but still annoying hype jobs on here. I'm not surprised overly hyping relatively unproven prospects on here is now pretty much reviled and disregarded.

 

There are always people who are skeptical about prospects. In my opinion Itauma has shown great skill so far, and I think he'll be among the top heavyweights for years. But step by step, in August he faces the toughest opponent of his career, Hrgovic, and I think Itauma will win convincingly and then fight for the world title, against Sanchez or Gassiev. Let's see what happens, August is coming.

 

i think you're also mistaking skepticism as criticism. There's some anti Itauma stuff sure, but at least half of what you probably consider hate are posts where questions are asked about how he'll do in the later rounds or how he'll respond to being gut checked or whether he can take a punch or not. We don't know any of this about Itauma. He's clearly the best HW prospect and he looks like a destroyer knocking out journeyman and fringe contenders/washed up contenders, but we still don't know how he'll respond when the opponents stop bowling over with little to no resistance and ask some questions of his chin and heart.

 

itauma is pretty similar to Gerry Cooney. A couple wins over shot guys with names have built the hype. Big power, zero defense.

 

I don't have any criticisms of Itauma just unanswered questions

What I have seen so far has been good, if anything he could be more active

I like the Hrgovic fight, nice step up. I think he stops Hrgovic

 

The reason is change. People don’t like change, especially not yanks & soviets that can’t accept that Great British rule over the heavyweight division will be resumed after a very brief hiatus since may 2024

 

“Highest potential ceiling out of any heavyweight this century” ???

Wow. This is the type of **** right here that many on here are talking about when we say this goon itauma is being hyped beyond belief.

“Highest ceiling of ANY heavyweight this century” No. Sorry. And not even close.

 

Most of the criticism isn't actually criticism it's "we have no proof he lives up to the hype". And we don't.

Itauma is a lock to be top 10 forever because HW only has 5 20 somethings in the top 35 and him and the Bridgerweight dude are the only ones with a 0. A Dominick Guinn style fall here is fairly unlikely. Just gaming out the next few years it's hard to see him falling off the map totally.

But Itauma being the chosen one or even a champion is a different story. The only thing elevating him above Anderson and Torrez is he hasn't had a loseable fight yet. If he loses to Hrgovic which he probably will he will be in the same boat.

 

Well… I definitely ain’t putting itauma’s power at the same level as peak Cooney! Lol

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But I get what you’re saying! And honestly…

Norton and Young >>>>> The Corpse of Whyte